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Donations pour in for California special-ed class that had bikes stolen

Sherwood Elementary special education teacher Darlene Pierson was distraught when she learned last weekend that someone had stolen 11 of the school's three-wheel bicycles in Modesto, Calif.

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Updated: 6:27 PM PDT Sep 18, 2013

Donations pour in for California special-ed class that had bikes stolen

Sherwood Elementary special education teacher Darlene Pierson was distraught when she learned last weekend that someone had stolen 11 of the school's three-wheel bicycles in Modesto, Calif.

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Updated: 6:27 PM PDT Sep 18, 2013

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WEBVTT THE NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY SPECIAL AND GOOD BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THEM AND WANT THEM TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE. A HEARTWARMING RESPONSE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP A GROUP OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. OVER THE WEEKEND THIEVES STOLE SPECIALIZED TRICYCLES . THOSE KIDS ARE BACK ON SOME NEW BIKES THANKS TO AN OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. I STARTED TO GET UPSET AND I WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOME OF MY MONEY. THIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IS ONE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP TO DONATE MONEY. HER FELLOW STUDENTS HAVE THEIR TRIKES STOLEN OVER THE WEEKEND. I WAS SHOCKED. WE WON'T ASKED QUESTIONS. WITHIN THE SPAN OF 48 HOURS, AN OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITY DONATIONS. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THAT KIND OF SUPPORT. IT IS OVERWHELMING. THIS BLUE ONE THAT WAS STOLEN WAS MYSTERIOUSLY FOUND IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. THEN THERE WAS THE $3000 DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY. I WAS SUPER PROUD OF HER. WE WATCHED THE NEWSCAST LAST NIGHT AND SHE SAW IT AND SHE DISAPPEARED AND CAME BACK OUT WITH HER PIGGY BANK. I FELT REALLY GOOD. SHE TEACHES SPECIAL ED. SHE SAID, FOR HER STUDENTS, IT MEANS SO MUCH MORE. WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE IMPROVEMENT. THEY ALL STARTED RIDING BIKES, IT WAS GOOD EXERCISE AND GOOD SOCIAL SKILLS. THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO HELPED. 11 TRIKES WERE STOLEN.

Donations pour in for California special-ed class that had bikes stolen

Sherwood Elementary special education teacher Darlene Pierson was distraught when she learned last weekend that someone had stolen 11 of the school's three-wheel bicycles in Modesto, Calif.